WOOD WARBLERS 
449 
white, thickly marked with cinnamon- and olive-brown, with frequently a 
wreath about the larger end, *70 x ‘50. Date , Waynesburg, Pa., May 14; 
New Haven, Conn., May 20; Cambridge, May 23; Lancaster, N. H., 
June 7; Black Hawk Co., Iowa, May 19; se. Minn., May 24. 
When any one tells me he has seen a “Wild Canary/’ I feel reason- 
ably sure he refers to the Yellow Warbler, for the casual observer at 
once betrays his inexperience by entirely overlooking the bird’s streaked 
breast and slender bill. It has, it is true, the general appearance of a 
yellow bird, and its bright colors and preference for gardens, orchards, 
the shrubbery of our lawns or bushy brooksides, instead of the woods, 
frequently bring it to the attention of those to whom most birds are 
strangers. It is an active bird, and its song — wee-chee , chee , chee , cher - 
wee — though simple, has a pleasing, happy ring. 
654. Dendroica cserulescens eserulescens ( Gmel .). Black-throated 
Blue Warbler. Ad. <?. — Upperparts grayish blue, back sometimes black- 
ish; wings and tail edged with blue; base of the primaries white , forming a 
white spot on the wing at the end of the primary coverts; inner vanes of 
outer tail-feathers with a white patch near their tips; sides of the head and 
throat black; sides mixed black and white; breast and belly white. Ad. 9 . — 
Upperparts uniform olive-green; tail generally with a faint bluish tinge, the 
white patch on the outer feathers scarcely distinguishable; white at the 
base of the primaries much reduced and sometimes concealed by the pri- 
mary coverts; ear-coverts dusky gray; underparts soiled buffy yellowish. 
Im. c ?. — Similar to ad. d\ but the upperparts washed with greenish, the 
throat tipped with white, and less black on the sides. Im. 9 . — Similar to 
ad. 9 , but somewhat yellower. L., 5*28; W., 2*52; T., 2*06; B. from N., *29. 
